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Monday, September 14, 2009

13th September

I am sorry this posting is a day late, I popped up to Norfolk to see my mother-inlaw.Sea watching on Saturday was a little slow, but birds picked up on Sunday when the wind increased. Highlights: 1 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Sabines Gulls, 4 Long-tailed, 1 Pomarine, 18 Arctic and 12 Great Skuas plus 3000 Gannets in two hours and a few other birds.

Lesser Whitethroat: one was in Queen Mary's, area 12 and seen by those on a bird walk. I still need one for the autumn.Blackcap: four birds present.Chiffchaff: ten birds present.Sand Martin: one flew through with swallows.Swallow: four flew through.Meadow Pipit: four flew through.